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  • Fury by E.L. Todd

    Fury by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author E. L. Todd comes the next installment in the Fuse saga.Cora and her allies must defeat the most vile king in Anastille's history...
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    dragons  epic  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  audiobook  book  fae
  • Bear by Audrey Faye

    Bear by Audrey Faye

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain! That day when a polar bear shifter arrives in a plane full of purple yarn and all hell breaks loose... Ronan is coming. He’s a big bear—an enormous bear—and arriving at Ghost Mountain is going to change the shape of who he is forever...
  • Wildfire Sea Dragon by Zoe Chant

    Wildfire Sea Dragon by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wildfires and demons? No sweat.His bodyguard? She’s the real danger…Noble. Dutiful. Serious. All words that no one would ever use to describe sea dragon shifter Joe, the Crown Prince of Atlantis.As the Heir to the Pearl Throne, he’s supposed to be preparing to rule a vast underwater empire…which is exactly why he’s on a fire crew in the ass-end of Montana...
  • Elder by Audrey Faye

    Elder by Audrey Faye

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain!The Ghost Mountain pack has been waiting for their fancy new den building for months, but it won't be the only thing unloading off the trucks...
  • Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker

    Driven by Destiny by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Arwen Forester is on a quest to remove her dark-elven tattoo and get her mother’s evil people out of her life forever. The last thing she wants is for them to magically manipulate her into betraying Azerdash Starblade, the half-dragon refugee she has feelings for...
  • Kelos: Spring by Harmony Raines

    Kelos: Spring by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    His mate is on the run. His dragon will do whatever it takes to protect her...Will their love survive?Dragon shifter, Kelos, has lived a solitary life. When he finally decides to settle down in Bear Creek the last thing he expects is to find his true mate. After all, he’s waited centuries for her.It’s love, and lust, at first sight...
  • The Dragon King by I.T. Lucas

    The Dragon King by I.T. Lucas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To save his beloved kingdom from a devastating war, the Crown Prince of Trieste makes a deal with a witch that costs him half of his humanity and dooms him to an eternity of loneliness.Now king, he’s a fearsome cobalt-winged dragon by day and a short-tempered monarch by night...
  • Invoking Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Invoking Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not all dragons breathe fire and horde treasure, some have a real thing for artifacts, rare books, and magical creatures.I’d given myself and Sisu twelve days to get settled into our new life before tackling my first official day as the head archivist of the magical archives at the National Museum of Ireland...
  • Ashe by E.L. Todd

    Ashe by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cora's visit with the elves proves to be more than she bargained for. She learns her parentage, but it's the last thing she ever expected to hear. She came to the elves for help to defeat King Lux, to free the dragons still trapped in captivity, but she discovers a timeless place, where outside matters mean nothing...
  • Black Rose and Gold Queen by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St Clare

    Black Rose and Gold Queen by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St Clare

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Underhill has been killed and the only thing standing between all realms and utter destruction by Unbalance and his minions….Is me.Named as the new Mistress of Underhill, I must gather those I trust to untangle the deadly riddles or I will be left to face the darkness alone...
  • How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: The Complete Works by A.J. Sherwood

    How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: The Complete Works by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What’s a white knight to do when his princess is causing utter havoc leading in mass murder? Go to the famous Black Sorcerer of Grimslock for help, apparently.What’s a black sorcerer to do when the white knight comes to him for help? Keep him, naturally.Devan does not approve of this payment plan. Tan does.(This compilation includes a bonus short story. It is utter crack...
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    epic  magic  paranormal  poc-mc  sword-sorcery  adult  book  comedy
  • Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Saving the Fae by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everything Lily thought she knew about Liam was a lie. After kicking him out of Faerie, she decides to seek the crystals alone. State after state, she scours the country but comes up with nothing.When she gets back to Faerie, defeated and broken hearted, she finds a peace offering from Liam. Faerie needs her now more than ever and she needs Liam’s help...
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    paranormal  magic  shapeshifters  urban  myths  romance  fantasy  fae
  • Fury of Aggression by Coreene Callahan

    Fury of Aggression by Coreene Callahan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Return to the exhilarating—and ruthless—world of Coreene Callahan’s Dragonfury Series as the threat of war rises, new enemies emerge, and unlikely alliances are forged…Down on her luck, Theodora Rutledge does the one thing she promised herself she never would—return home to Seattle. As a single mom, she needs a job fast to put a roof over her three-year-old’s head...
  • Dead Weight by G.P. Robbins

    Dead Weight by G.P. Robbins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Newly promoted Detective Jace Smithson has his hands full with solving the murders of ten men and the kidnapping of a unicorn capable of producing diamonds. On the surface, the crime appears to be a classic tale of greed and violence, but digging deeper reveals something sinister has come to Cauldron City...
  • The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch

    The Dragon Prince's Betrayal by Elva Birch

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A final battle. A betrayal. And a bond that can't be broken.The capture of Alaska's greatest enemy should mean an end to hostilities, a peaceful Renewal, and a restoration of the Compact's balance of power and magic in the Small Kingdoms...
  • Awakening Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Awakening Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The plan was to hop a train to Oslo, hang out at a coffee shop, and connect my personal archive, Infinity, to the Internet. Yes, completely disregarding the well-established fact that magic and technology didn’t mix. At all.I was also hoping to browse as many bookstores as I could before my younger brother’s patience ran out...
  • Misfits, Gemstones, and Other Shattered Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Misfits, Gemstones, and Other Shattered Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two more elves were at large in Vancouver, but thankfully they’d been keeping a low profile while I faced the most daunting task of my twenty-seven years — planning and executing my wedding. I was dealing with a disgruntled grandmother with an extensive guest wish list of the magically inclined, all of whom didn’t particularly like each other...
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    dragons  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  cozy
  • Tropical Lynx's Lover by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Lynx's Lover by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s a handyman lynx shifter who can fix almost anything... Except for his mate’s shattered soul. Even a tropical paradise has its problems. When something is broken, native Alaskan lynx shifter Travis is always the man for the job...
  • Tropical Dragon Diver by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Dragon Diver by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Outcasts from two different worlds... Dragons are meant to be creatures of fire and fury, not salt water and mercy. But Bastian isn’t an ordinary dragon. Shunned by his warrior family, he guards golden beaches instead of a golden hoard. But when he rescues a beautiful, mysterious woman from stormy waves, he finally finds something worth fighting for...
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    dragons  magic  paranormal  poc-mc  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book
  • Christmas Hellhound by Zoe Chant

    Christmas Hellhound by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All Caine wants for Christmas is to get rid of his hellhound. Twelve months ago, Caine Guinness was attacked by a pack of hellhound shifters and became one of them. All he wants is to be human again. His search for a cure brings him to snowy Pine Valley, home of magical dragon shifters, Christmas cheer... and Meaghan Markham. All Meaghan wants for Christmas - is a merry Christmas. Just one...
  • Melee Mage by Michael Taggart

    Melee Mage by Michael Taggart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After getting punched in the face by a golem, Jason discovers he desperately needs two things: a much better offense and a much better defense. To a hammer, everything looks like a nail, and to a mage, everything is solved with magic. That is, unless your magic is small and restricted like Jason’s...
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    magic  paranormal  urban  sword-sorcery  epic  romance  fantasy  mlm
  • Dark-Hunter: An Insider's Guide by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Dark-Hunter: An Insider's Guide by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A compilation of 5 never-before-seen Sherrilyn Kenyon short stories from the Dark Hunter Series: * The Promise * Where Angels Fear To Tread * Dark Hunter Christmas * Second Chances * Fear of Darkness Kenyon gives her fans the insider's description of these new stories, which fill in crucial pieces missing from the Dark Hunter series...
  • Stealth Magic 401 by Viola Grace

    Stealth Magic 401 by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stealing an ancient artifact is a strange test, but going up against her family and the law adds a new level of difficulty. Imara wants nothing more than to find a different course, but Stealth Magic gives her the credits she needs to stay on track and there aren’t any other options rearing their heads...
  • Restoring the Broken by Emilia Hartley

    Restoring the Broken by Emilia Hartley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nobody with any sense goes looking for true love in a bar, but then nobody has ever accused Erik Beck of having any sense, either.Maybe that’s why Erik spends his evenings tossing back enough alcohol to numb the monstrous dragon he inherited from his twin—the twin he starved of life when he was still in his mother’s womb...
  • The Dragon's Valentine by C.D. Gorri

    The Dragon's Valentine by C.D. Gorri

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “She's given up on love, but he’s just begun…” After five hundred years of servitude, Dragon Shifter, Callius Falk and his three brothers are finally freed from their bonds. Callius has one mission, to find his true mate. Winifred Castillo spends her nights tending bar at The Thirsty Dog, a local favorite in Maccon City, New Jersey...
  • Wolf of Ashes by Everly Frost

    Wolf of Ashes by Everly Frost

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His dark crown will be mine.My mother was imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit. She was locked away in darkness, never to see light again. I was born into that darkness, that perpetual night. I learned to survive without sunlight and to thrive on the scraps that were thrown to me.All because someone didn't want me to claim my birthright.Now I'm free. And I'm coming for what's mine...
  • Finding Dragon's Court by Jessie Donovan

    Finding Dragon's Court by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To the world, Dr. Maximilian Holbrook projects himself as a chatty buffoon. It ensures everyone underestimates him, especially when it comes to his rivals. And it's worked, too, until an Australian dragon-shifter starts outsmarting him. That she's a woman doesn't matter to him...
  • Seducing the Dragon: Part 2 by Jessie Donovan

    Seducing the Dragon: Part 2 by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PART TWO Evie Marshall discovers she has three days to convince Bram to trust her or he won’t take her as his mate. Unable to forget their steamy kiss, she’s determined to prove her usefulness not only for her safety, but also for another chance to kiss the sexy dragonman and become part of his clan. Bram’s dragon wants Evie, but refuses to say why...
  • Seducing the Dragon: Part 3 by Jessie Donovan

    Seducing the Dragon: Part 3 by Jessie Donovan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    While Evie attempts to behave in the manner of a clan leader's mate during the special dinner in Finn's honor, news of another attack ruins the evening. Now Bram and Evie must work together to not only stop the dragon hunters from hurting anyone else, but to also control Bram's dragon. Without his leadership, the clan will be doomed...
  • Junk Magic by Karen Chance

    Junk Magic by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Half werewolf Lia de Croissets is a member of the War Mage Corps, the police branch of the world’s leading magical organization, the Silver Circle. She’s an instructor assigned to train new recruits, a job considered to be significantly tougher than combat—especially right now. There is a war going on in the supernatural world, and the other side has discovered a deadly new tactic...
  • Ruling The Pack: A Forbidden Shifter Romance by Lindsey Devin

    Ruling The Pack: A Forbidden Shifter Romance by Lindsey Devin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We’re united in love, but our packs are divided. And our unborn child won’t wait for peace…My mate has succeeded in the alpha challenge, uniting our packs. But decades of spilled blood are not easily forgotten and together we must prove that Night is capable of leading or face rebellion...
  • If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho

    If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hapless imugi is determined to attain the form of a full-fledged dragon and gain entry to the gates of heaven. For a long time, things don't go well. Then, it meets a girl. The B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog presents an original short story by Campbell Award-nominated author Zen Cho...
  • Blueblood Dragon by Amelia Jade

    Blueblood Dragon by Amelia Jade

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dragon shifter Ferro formed the Dragon Council to keep his kind in check. Now the Council has gone quiet, and chaos is returning. Ferro would prefer to stay uninvolved, but he has no choice and must seek them out. As the father of all dragon shifters, Ferro has long since come to accept that he will live alone, as there are no other beings on the planet with a lifespan as long as his...
  • DO NOT Date the Dragon Next Door by Harmony Raines

    DO NOT Date the Dragon Next Door by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No, seriously DO NOT date the dragon next door.After a bitter divorce from her mafia ex - husband, she’s moved to the small town of Wishing Moon Bay with her children to start a new life - without any brooding men in it. Unfortunately, the only apartment she can afford is owned by a dragon shifter that everyone tells her is powerful and dangerous...
  • Treasure Bear by Harmony Raines

    Treasure Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Dragon shifter, Emilia, has slept for hundreds of years on a bed of dragon treasure. Now she’s awake and is about to learn that the most valuable treasure is not gold or gems, but her true mate. Betrayed by a man who claimed to love her but who was not her true mate, Emilia has slept while the centuries slipped away...
  • Peta by Shannon Mayer

    Peta by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The long-awaited novella from Peta's point of view is finally here . . . My name is Peta, and I am a familiar. To stand at the side of an elemental as their familiar is a gift given to few familiars. Yet here I stand with my thirteenth—Larkspur, child of the earth. I do not want this charge, for all my previous have ended in deaths I could not prevent...
  • Dragon Daddy's Nanny by Roxie Ray

    Dragon Daddy's Nanny by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Single Dad Shifter RomanceI’m a dragon daddy, and she’s the irresistible nanny who is about to get burned…My night club, The Dragon’s Den, is heaven on earth. For a dragon, that’s saying something. I have constant access to sin after delicious sin as well as a steady stream of women in my bed who are eager for me to corrupt them.I’ll admit, the baby someone left on my doorstep was unexpected...
  • Eclipsed Heart by Jen L. Grey

    Eclipsed Heart by Jen L. Grey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fate made a mistake that we may never recover from.For seventeen years, I was the outcast of the Northwest Territory— the only wolf shifter who couldn’t shift or connect with the pack.Seen as worthless and weak.Leaving was my only escape.But everything changed the day I met Bodey, my sexy fated mate.With him by my side, magic surges through my veins, making me stronger than anyone...
  • Single Daddy Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Single Daddy Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dragons! Alex has a problem. He's on the run, although he's not sure who from. After a panicked phone call from Archie's mom, Kim, he gathers up the baby and hits the road, heading for Bear Creek. But when he arrives there is no sign of Kim. However, there are signs of other dragons. Particularly one special dragon, his mate, Sapphire...
  • Dragon Revealed by Donna Grant

    Dragon Revealed by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant comes a new story in her Dragon Kings series…The capture of a Dragon King is cause for celebration. Jeyra never dreamed she would actually face one of the creatures who destroyed her home. But the longer she’s around him, the more she finds herself gravitating to him...
  • Golden Wars by Paulina Vasquez

    Golden Wars by Paulina Vasquez

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The shifters council has fallen, and Alpha Ares is ready to fulfill the prophecy. Born from Gods and blessed with elemental gifts, the golden wolf becomes the first Alpha King after a thousand years. The human hunters are at the forefront of the Golden Wars, but something more sinister has been stirring for centuries. A plan to rid the earth of werewolves once and for all...
  • Pegasus Summer by Zoe Chant, Helen Kestrel

    Pegasus Summer by Zoe Chant, Helen Kestrel

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's the only human counselor at a summer camp for shifters...Paige isn’t looking forward to spending her summer trying to wrangle kids who can turn into animals. But no matter her own feelings, family comes first. This job is the only way she can afford to send her little brother Archie back to camp this year - and now, more than ever, he has to get better control of his bear...
  • Hotter Than Blue Blazes by Kimbra Swain

    Hotter Than Blue Blazes by Kimbra Swain

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hell would have to freeze over for Grace Ann Bryant to go into the Otherworld. Somebody get the Devil a blanket because the lake of fire is an ice skating rink. With the disappearance of her brother, her bard, and her fiance, Grace decides her only option is to take a trip to the Summer realm to find her brother, Finley. She also needs to take Devin, the abandoned fairy child, to his father...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  adult  book  comedy
  • Darkest Powers Tales by Kelley Armstrong

    Darkest Powers Tales by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This full-length anthology of novellas and short fiction complements the Darkest Powers trilogy, adding new dimensions to the characters and their stories. Dangerous returns to Derek and Simon’s past and tells how they came to be at Lyle House. Divided continues Derek’s story, filling in his adventures with Simon while separated from Chloe...
  • The White Wolf of Wishing Moon Bay by Harmony Raines

    The White Wolf of Wishing Moon Bay by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A second chance shifter romanceHe has a reputation for being a grump wolf. But when his mate arrives in town with her adorable son, he’ll do whatever it takes to make her stay.After a devastating tragedy left him orphaned, white wolf shifter, Logan, was adopted by Valerie and raised in Wishing Moon Bay, a town like no other.Most of the inhabitants have supernatural powers...
  • Lucky Bear by Harmony Raines

    Lucky Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Second Chance Shifter Romance Ruth is new in town. After spending years raising her siblings, she is now fulfilling her own ambitions. Training to be a teacher was the best thing she ever did, right alongside moving to Bear Creek. Sure, she’d like a man to share her life with, but if that doesn’t pan out, she is content to be alone...
  • Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know it’s time to reconsider your life choices when…Where do I start?Technically, it could have been worse. My visit to the dragon enclave could’ve ended with me being eaten. Somehow I survived—with a few new bruises—and now all I want is to go home. Back to Twenty-third Street. Back to my house, my cat, and my grumpy, bathrobe-wearing gargoyle roommate...
  • Love of the Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Love of the Dragon by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No Cliffhanger What's the the worst thing that can happen to a dragon who is nearly as old as time itself? Make his soul mate young and immature. Then tell him he has to look after her while her sister goes away. But to top all that? Want her to have a normal life. And then stand by while she wants to date boys and push her curfew...
  • Crown of Dragons by Nina Walker

    Crown of Dragons by Nina Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The normal world is an illusion. Separated from other realms by a thin layer of powerful magic, humans are protected from the fae and dragons, the ghosts and warlocks, and an unfurling evil. Khali Elliot is a princess —of sorts. She wasn’t born royal and yet she’s destined to become queen...
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    dragons  magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  book  dystopia  fae
  • Facing the Storm by Yumoyori Wilson

    Facing the Storm by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Calming the storm inside me was a challenge. Now it's time to face it. My name is Crimson Jiyuna and I just revealed the truth. To think Homatomashi’s golden girl who was mourned by many, was the culprit for years of growing chaos and crime. The truth of it all is a lot to handle and for some, too much to bear...
    Categorized as:
    dragons  magic  myths  paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  book  fiction
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